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World War II. Samuel Moore Walton (March 29, 1918 – April 5, 1992) was an American business magnate best known for founding the retailers Walmart and Sam's Club, which he started in Rogers, Arkansas and Midwest City, Oklahoma in 1962 and 1983 respectively. Wal-Mart Stores Inc. grew to be the world's largest corporation by revenue as well as ...
The history of Walmart, an American discount department store chain, began in 1950 when businessman Sam Walton purchased a store from Luther E. Harrison in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, and opened Walton's 5 & 10. [ 1] The Walmart chain proper was founded in 1962 with a single store in Rogers, expanding inside Oklahoma by 1968 and throughout the ...
Walmart founder Sam Walton and his wife Helen, on their wedding day, February 14, 1943. At the time, Sam was a management trainee with the J.C. Penney Company. Photo: Courtesy of Walmart
That model began by offering visits to Walmart employees for just $4, thanks to the belief that the Care Clinic would get internal credit for the cost savings that Walmart’s benefits division ...
Christy Walton. Christy Ruth Walton (née Tallant; [ 1][ 2] born February 8, 1949) is the widow of John T. Walton, one of the sons of Sam Walton, the founder of Walmart . In June 2005, her husband died in a plane crash, [ 3] making her the main heir to his fortune of US$ 18.2 billion. Forbes listed Christy Walton as the richest woman in the ...
Known for. Costco, Price Club, Fedmart, PriceSmart. Spouse. Helen Moskowitz. Children. 2. Sol Price (January 23, 1916 – December 14, 2009) was an American retailer and the founder of FedMart, Price Club (which ultimately merged into Costco) and PriceSmart. [1] He was considered the "father" of the "warehouse store" retail model.
As of May 2022, Sam Walton’s three surviving children — Rob, Jim and Alice — are ranked in the top 20 on Forbes’ list of billionaires, each with a net worth of approximately $65 million ...
Steuart Walton (born 1981) is an American attorney and businessman. Born into the billionaire Walton family, he is a director of Walmart, the world's largest company by revenue, co-founder of private equity firm RZC Investments, which bought British cycling brand Rapha in 2017, and founder of Game Composites, a composite aircraft manufacturer.